Facebook hired a former NBC anchor to help improve its relationships with the media

Facebook has tapped former NBC and CNN anchor Campbell Brown to help strengthen the company’s ties with media outlets.

Brown will be the social network’s head of news partnerships starting this month, according to a post on her Facebook page Friday. The position is a new one that Facebook created in the wake of sharp criticism it faced for its role in spreading fake news stories during the U.S. presidential election.

“This is a different role for me, but one where I will be tapping my newsroom experience to help news organizations and journalists work more closely and more effectively with Facebook,” Brown said in her Facebook post, which was first reported on by The New York Times. “I will be working directly with our partners to help them understand how Facebook can expand the reach of their journalism, and contribute value to their businesses.”

A Facebook spokesperson told Business Insider on Friday that Brown won’t have editorial control over content that is shared on its network, and will instead focus on showing Facebook products to newsrooms and hearing feedback from journalists.

The company’s job description for the role said that Brown will be its “leading representative with news organizations worldwide” and “clearly communicate and foster transparent dialogue with news organizations globally.”

Brown was an anchor on NBC’s Weekend Today from 2003 to 2007 before she hosted her own prime-time series on CNN from 2008 to 2010. As a vocal charter school advocate, she’s also been called “the most controversial woman in school reform.” She most recently cofounded The 74, a “non-profit, non-partisan news site covering education in America.”